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28 and has lived in desolate cities,
    in houses which no man should inhabit,
    which were destined to become heaps of ruins;
29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,
    nor will he strike root in the earth;[a]
30 he will not escape from darkness;
    the flame will dry up his shoots,
    and his blossom[b] will be swept away[c] by the wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:29 Vg: Heb obscure
  2. Job 15:30 Gk: Heb mouth
  3. Job 15:30 Cn: Heb will depart

28 he will inhabit ruined towns
    and houses where no one lives,(A)
    houses crumbling to rubble.(B)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(C)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(D)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(E)
    a flame(F) will wither his shoots,(G)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(H) will carry him away.(I)

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